Two Ways to Attract and Keep Good Developers
COVID has changed the way we work forever. What constitutes a good place to work in the 2020's?
As The Great Resignation continues, many companies are confronted with the fact that COVID has changed the way we look at work forever.
Over the past few years, employers have gradually been losing ground to their employees. This means that the dynamics of an employer-employee relationship are shifting. This is especially true in the barren lands of software engineering, where qualified engineers are becoming increasingly difficult to find.
I’ve been researching this topic among developers and teams that I’ve worked with in the past two years. Their reasons are diverse. However, there are two subjects that came up in almost every interview I’ve had: they want to feel challenged, and feel ownership of their work.
Perhaps their insights can help us create more interesting workplaces for the twenty-first century.
Provide Challenging Projects
Regardless of developer seniority, developers almost universally want to work on challenging projects. This challenge can be derived from the engineering of a solution together with business stakeholders, figuring out how to migrate…
